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People who think as those hyenas are less naive than the idealists who wish to ban guns outright. "Gun control" is a misnomer for what they have in mind. They are evil: they wish to control others. One of the easiest way to control other people is by making them defenseless.

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A couple years back, I moved some of my maturing bonds into various high yielding stocks. You should always keep track of how the stocks are doing; far more important than for stock mutual funds. A number have dropped in value because rising bond yields made them less advantageous. A few that paid handsome dividends (like Frontier Telephone: FTR), no longer pay a dividend. A couple of the stocks that are technically partnerships have disappointing returns that make the annoying paperwork of Schedule K-1 at tax time too much work. (One still has a 10% annual return. I'll keep that one.)

Instead of buying high yield common stock, buy mutual funds or preferred stocks. My Barclays preferred stock has been giving me 8.125% dividends annually for many years. While there are no guarantees, the preferred stocks often have some minimum surrender value.

Ruger:RGR and American Outdoor Products: AOBC, owner of Smith & Wesson have been beat up by impending gun control, more than makes any rational sense; both firms have significant product lines in no danger. Buying because you respect what a company does is never w...

Whenever a mass shooting occurs, a debate about gun violence ensues

The periodic attempts to render Americans defenseless continue in the form of gun buy-ups conducted in the minority and poor neighnorhoods. Not only do the residents have to depend on a patently inadequate police protection but they are also coaxed into giving up their means of effective self-defense. For some reason, we do not see Hollywood celebrities or US Congressmen rushing to give up their guns in exchange for a fast food certificate or a pair of sneakers.

What is telling to me is that they all "recommended" this. Nobody did anything, all passed the buck (I suspect to the principal, who probably had nowhere to pass the buck and so they settled for ignoring it). If a kid had nibbled a cookie into the shape of a gun, they probably would have imposed discipline, because the kid was harmless and so it was safe to beat up on them. But with a person who was really a problem, it was best to ignore it or pass the buck. Which in a way is a metaphor for modern gun (and crime) control.